Approaching Goðafoss on the Ring Road, Iceland Highway (þjóðvegur) #1, coming down from Akureyri. Goðafoss Waterfall is nicknamed the “Waterfall of t

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Approaching Goðafoss on the Ring Road, Iceland Highway (þjóðvegur) #1, coming down from Akureyri. Goðafoss Waterfall is nicknamed the “Waterfall of the Gods.” Some believe that the name comes from the fact that the waterfall is god-like in beauty. But there also the myth of Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði that was a myth was published in Denmark. In the year 1000, Þorgeir made Christianity the official religion of Iceland. After his conversion, he threw his statues of the Norse gods into the waterfall. Goðafoss is one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland. Its fed by the river Skjálfandafljót which runs in a 7000-year-old lava field from the Trölladyngja volcano and falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters.

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